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episode 281: MLS Assist: Advanced soccer metrics explained, how MLS teams use data, and more with Eliot McKinley
Why has soccer been slow to buy into analytics? What are some advanced metrics that can help analyze the game? How is MLS doing on the date collection and analysis front?
Joe Lowery talks to Eliot McKinley of American Soccer Analysis to get answers to these questions.
Because data is good, here are a few helpful timestamps:
4:35 — Expected Goals
12:15 — Expected Assists
15:10 — Post-shot (or Keeper) xG
18:10 — Expected Passing
23:30 — How is MLS doing with data collection and analysis?
27:00 — Tracking data and how it opens up analytics
30:40 — Which MLS teams are most committed to data analysis? (Spoiler: they played in three of the last four MLS Cups ... )
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